Objective for this Page: To present an overview of the play,
emphasizing its structure.

The translation by Robert Fagles in our course textbook (John Schilb and John
Clifford, Making Literature Matter [Boston: Bedford-St. Martin's,
2000]:1305-1345) does not segment the play, but I find it handy to quiz students
by assigned section. As a result, their contributions have been made
according to the outline in the buttons above and the lines in section notes
below. The part name in the chart below are linked to summary, commentary,
and discussion questions for that part, as are the buttons above.

The elders of Thebes site other famous people who were
buried alive or turned to stone as punishment by the gods [overlooking the
fact that Creon isn't a god, just a tyrant trying to solidify his power
base].